Synonyms of bums

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noun (1)

plural of bum

as in cheeks

the part of the body upon which someone sits

I decided to get off my bum and get some exercise

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cheeks
• seats
• tails
• rumps
• behinds
• fannies
• butts
• backsides
• buns
• buttocks
• bottoms
• posteriors
• tushes
• duffs
• cans
• breeches
• haunches
• heinies
• hams
• keisters
• nates
• booties
• hunkers
• cabooses
• rears
• derrieres
• rear ends
• derrières
• tail ends
• fundaments
• beams
• sterns
• keesters
• moons

bums

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noun (2)

plural of bum

1

as in hobos

an idle worthless person

if you expect an allowance, you have to do some chores and stop being such a bum

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hobos
• beggars
• derelicts
• hoboes
• dodgers
• vagrants
• slackers
• no-goods
• no-accounts
• good-for-nothings
• tramps
• no-goodniks
• do-nothings
• ne'er-do-wells
• drifters
• vagabonds
• panhandlers
• transients
• waifs
• urchins
• ragamuffins
• shirkers
• paupers
• loafers
• idlers
• roamers
• sluggards
• sundowners
• down-and-outers
• indigents
• slouches
• goldbricks
• slugs
• lazybones
• down-and-outs
• drones
• gamines

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• successes
• winners

2

as in beggars

a homeless wanderer who may beg or steal for a living

I feel sorry for bums and occasionally give them money

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hobos
• beggars
• hoboes
• tramps
• vagrants
• vagabonds
• transients
• derelicts
• swagmen
• swaggies
• drifters
• sundowners
• bummers
• dodgers
• panhandlers
• mendicants
• bindle stiffs
• urchins
• waifs
• stiffs
• roamers
• shirkers
• slackers
• ragamuffins
• malingerers
• gamines

bums

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verb

present tense third-person singular of bum

as in lounges

to spend time doing nothing

spent most of the summer just bumming around the house

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lounges
• lazies
• loafs
• lazes
• chills
• strolls
• rests
• plays
• goofs (off)
• lolls
• kicks back
• fools
• dawdles
• idles
• messes
• hangs (around or out)
• kills time
• pokes
• hangs about
• drones
• monkeys
• relaxes
• hacks (around)
• footles
• dillydallies
• mucks
• veges out
• dallies
• lingers
• twiddles one's thumbs
• vegges out
• kicks around
• piddles
• loiters
• aestivates
• fiddles (around)
• dozes
• trifles
• estivates
• lags
• hibernates
• saunters
• swans
• potters (around)
• putters (around)
• truants
• ambles
• malingers
• goldbricks
• moseys
• tarries
• furloughs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• slaves
• humps
• works
• sweats
• pegs
• plows
• plugs
• hustles
• grubs
• grinds
• labors
• toils
• plods
• drudges
• applies
• buckles (down)
• travails
• moils
• exerts
• puts out

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bums

Noun

With both travel and programming budgets under pressure, all markets have to make a strong case to get buyer and seller bums on seats (or, more accurately, into screening booths and meeting rooms). —Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2025

Ndiaye aside, Everton have long lacked bums-off-seats kinds of players. —Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2025

Available in a wide range of playful patterns, from garden vegetables and beach bums to this swimmer style, the colorful shoulder bag has landed a cult following for its ability to add some fun to any look without taking itself too seriously. —Lauren Alexis Fisher, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019

Verb

The cranky and irritating backseat driver, who bums a lift midway through the Griswolds' adventure, also has with her the easily excitable pooch Dinky. —Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Sep. 2025